Your AMA membership helps provide the ACR a voice at the HOD and at the AMA’s important RUC and CPT committees. Thank you for the important role you play in rheumatology advocacy through your AMA membership.
Despite being one of the smaller specialties (with around 6,000 rheumatologists out of more than 1 million doctors in America), and thanks to its active membership and experienced delegation of representatives to the AMA, based on direction from ACR committees and board leadership, we have significant influence on the direction the AMA takes on key issues.
Calling Young Rheumatologist Leaders
The ACR’s delegation will be interviewing prospective young physician representatives (YPS) during this year’s ACR/ARP Annual Meeting in Atlanta, taking place Nov. 8–13, 2019. Cristina Arriens, MD, currently serves as YPS representative and AMA Alternate Delegate for the ACR, and she will be joined by a second YPS representative for the ACR.
The selected rheumatologist will join the ACR’s delegation at House of Delegates meetings and attend the Young Physician Section. During these meetings, the ACR’s delegates advance issues and positions important to rheumatology, deliberate issues affecting healthcare, and vote on the positions and direction the AMA will take. The candidate must:
- Be under the age of 40 or within the first 8 years of practice after residency and fellowship training programs by the time the position commences;
- Be a member in good standing with the ACR and AMA; and
- Be willing to work with the ACR delegates and communicate back to the ACR Board of Directors.
To apply, write to [email protected], providing your statement of interest and CV, by Sept. 30, 2019. Select applicants will be invited to conduct a brief interview during the Annual Meeting.
Gary Bryant, MD, FACR, is chair of the ACR’s delegation to the AMA House of Delegates.
